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dendro photo 11-18-2010 09:48 PM

please help group these
 
I need to group these so i know what ones get a winter break.
1
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1290134353
2
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1290134390
3
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1290134429
4
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1290134468
5
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1290134510
6
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1290134552
7
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1290134654
8
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1290134714
9http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1290134763
10 this is an aggragotum which i know gets no water till almost march
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1290134797

gnathaniel 11-19-2010 01:55 AM

Bryan, they all look like Phalaenanthe or Spatulata types except the last one, which as you say is Den. lindleyi (aggregatum). I don't grow many den-phals, but I think they appreciate drier (not totally dry) periods once or twice a year. Some sources say this period helps stimulate blooming, I can't really tell with the ones I've grown.

For the lindleyi, reduce water significantly but not entirely throughout most of the winter. Cool temperatures (55-60 or below) are said to be needed for spike formation. I think this one is from deciduous forest regions, so it should like high light in the winter. Hope this helps!

--Nat

RosieC 11-19-2010 03:20 AM

I think 7, 8 and 9 are definately the Phalaenanthe or Spatulata types because of the remains of spikes that I can see. 1-6 probably are as well but I'm not so certain.

I grow the Phal types without much of a rest at all. I do reduce watering, but only in so much as they dry slower in the winter so I water less. If they dry I water, just like in the summer.

Mine seem to be triggered to flower with light and I've had no trouble flowering them without a rest.


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